U.s. Multinational With "democracy Output Study

After the Cold War, there are two tidal waves sweeping across the world. One is economic globalization and the other is political democratization. Although the academic circle has intensively felt that U.S. government has increased its efforts to promote the American-style democracy abroad since the end of the Cold War, they have neglected the roles of U.S. Multinational Corporations (MNCs) in democracy export. In order to deepen an understanding of the relations between U.S. MNCs and U.S. democracy export, this dissertation conducts a comprehensive study of the roles of U.S. MNC in promoting American democracy abroad in the era of globalization based on the current research findings.This dissertation aims to seek breakthroughs in three aspects through an analysis and evaluation of the current research findings:First, I try to conduct a comprehensive and systematic review of the roles of U.S. MNCs in democracy export. Up to now, scholars at home and abroad have touched upon the topic of this dissertation when they study such issues as social responsibility of MNCs, political lobbying of interest groups, cultural imperialism, democracy in the era of globalization, etc. Thus there is a lack of special research on the roles of U.S. MNCs in promoting American democracy abroad. This dissertation takes A Study of U.S. Multinational Corporations and "Democracy Export" as the research topic in order to fill the gap.Second, I try to establish a new pattern of analysis. The traditional IPE perspective on the relations between MNCs and "democracy export" is the pattern of relations between state and market. Considering the roles of civil society represented by NGOs in curbing MNCs' avoidance and deviation from democracy export, this dissertation puts forward the analytic pattern of relations between state, market and society in the era of globalization in order that the roles of U.S. MNCs in promoting American democracy in the interaction between state, market and society can be studied deeply and comprehensively.Third, I try to seek breakthroughs in viewpoints. The conclusion drawn from three traditional patterns on the roles of MNCs in democracy export is either too simple or too extreme. For example, Nationalism only mentions MNCs' positive role in exporting American democracy. Marxism claims that what MNCs have exported is not polyarchy, but low intensity democracy. Liberalism holds that MNCs have played a positive role in democratization of the developing countries. According to the pattern of relations between state, market and society, this dissertation has come to the following conclusion: there are three dimensions in the roles of U.S. MNCs' in democracy export : the effectiveness dimension when U.S. MNCs' participate in exporting American democracy, the limit dimension of U.S. MNCs' avoidance and deviation from democracy export, and the restriction dimension of U.S. society and government' s curbing U.S. MNCs' avoidance and deviation from democracy export. The result drawn on the comprehensive evaluation of these three dimensions is that the effectiveness dimension of U.S. MNCs' roles in exporting American democracy totally outweighs the limit dimension in "democracy export".This dissertation is estimated to reach 200,000 words in length. It includes an introduction, the main body and a conclusion, whose content is as follows:The introduction part gives the reason why I choose this topic, and gives a comprehensive review of current research findings. In the second phase, it presents the main issues and research methods in this dissertation, and puts forward the analytic pattern of state-market-society on the basis of combing out traditional analytic patterns. Finally, it suggests the innovative points, academic values, research difficulties, and the basic frame of this dissertation.Chapter One constructs an analytic pattern. Firstly, I define such key concepts as globalization, U.S. Multinational Corporations, American democracy and democracy export. Then I comb out the thoughts and shortcomings of traditional patterns studying MNCs' role in democracy export. Finally I introduce the analytic pattern of state-market-society relations in the era of globalization.Chapter Two examines the roles of U.S. MNCs in the export of American democracy during the Cold War era. First of all, it clarifies the effectiveness dimension of U.S. MNCs in democracy export through a survey of the fact that U.S. MNCs participated actively in anti-communist activities under "the Consensus of the Cold War" and promoted the democratization of the developing countries through Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). Secondly, it demonstrates the limit dimension of U.S. MNCs in democracy export by introducing the fact that FDI of U.S. MNCs triggered their activities in pushing and participating in American government's toppling the popularly elected governments of the developing countries, Finally, it discusses the scope of U.S. MNCs' avoidance and deviation from democracy export by an analysis of the case that U.S. MNCs were involved in America's economic sanctions against South Africa.From Chapter Three on, this dissertation begins to study the roles of U.S. MNCs' in democracy export abroad during the post Cold War period. Factors due to the international and domestic environment such as economic globalization, political democratization, emergence of NGOs and the strategy of America's promoting democracy abroad have shaped the relations between U.S. MNCs and U.S. demoaacy export. Then it selects three cases, that is, the role of U.S. MNCs' FDI in promoting Mexican democratization, the role of McDonalds in spreading the American democratic values in its products and services, and the role of U.S. MNCs' involvement in Iraq War in order to examine the effectiveness dimension of U.S. MNCs in promoting democracy abroad during the post Cold War period.Chapter Four explores the limit dimension of U.S. MNCs' in exporting American democracy. To begin with, it examines the restrictions of the American society and government on MNCs' avoidance and deviation from American democracy export .Then it analyzes reasons why this restriction occurs.Chapter Five examines the scope of U.S. MNCs' avoidance and deviation from democracy export. First, it discusses the fact that. the American society and government put restrictions on the behaviors of U.S. MNCs' avoidance and deviation from democracy export. Then it takes American anti-sweatshop movement as a case to analyze the restriction exerted by the American society and government on U.S. MNCs' departure from democracy export.In Chapter Six, I especially probe the roles that U.S. MNCs have played in promoting democracy in China. First, it demonstrates the effectiveness dimension of U.S. MNCs' in exporting American democracy to China by introducing U.S. MNCs' participation in the policy making of engagement in order to seek changes in China. Then it indicates the limit dimension of U.S. MNCs' promoting changes through engagement policy toward China by examining the limitation of U.S. MNCs' exporting democracy to China. Finally, it illustrates the scope of U.S. MNCs' avoidance and deviation from democracy export towards China by studying the fact that the American domestic society rejects U.S. MNCs' sweatshop in China and the U.S. Congress holds hearings on American four big Internet companies' obedience to China's laws on Internet.Through an analysis in this dissertation, I draw the conclusions as follows: 1. U.S. MNCs exert an influence on American democracy export through mechanisms of FDI and direct participation or involvement in government export.2. Totally, the effectiveness dimension of U.S. MNCs' roles in democracy export outweighs the limit dimension in democracy export.3. The roles of U.S. MNCs in democracy export during the post-Cold War are more intensive than those during the post Cold War era.4. The influences of U.S MNCs' promoting American democracy towards different areas and people groups in the Third World are not balanced.